The Creation of World Poverty

Hayter, Teresa
Publisher:  Pluto Press, london, United Kingdom
Year First Published:  {12094 The Creation of World Poverty CREATION OF WORLD POVERTY Hayter, Teresa Pluto Press london United Kingdom Hayter challenges the assumption that the West is 'helping' the rest of the world to develop. Far from rescuing the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America from their supposed backwardness, the rich countries have accumulated vast wealth at their expense. 1981 1983 128pp BC12094-TheCreationOfWP.jpg B Book 330.16 - <br> <br> <br>Table of Contents <br> <br>Foreword <br>Introduction <br>Survival <br>Extremes of Poverty and Wealth <br>Conventional Explanations for Poverty <br>This Past is Not Irrelevant <br>The Europeans Get Ahead <br>Plunder and Loot <br>Plantations, Works and Slaves <br>Profits <br>Markets and the Destruction of Industries <br>Free Trade and Comparative Advantage <br>Hunger <br>Workers and Wages <br>Terms of Trade <br>Exports of Capital <br>Aid <br>Industrialisation <br>Repression and Foreign Support For It <br>Resistance <br>Socialism or Barbarism <br>Bibliography CX6234 1 false true false CX6234.htm [0xc0002ec9f0 0xc000c48f60 0xc000607fb0 0xc0024994d0 0xc000371410 0xc0000746f0 0xc000075dd0 0xc000260db0 0xc000543050 0xc00074c930 0xc00074dc50 0xc000bceff0 0xc000e1c0f0 0xc000e1d650 0xc000f6ee70 0xc000fe5bf0 0xc0012f4f60 0xc001399290 0xc00088b2c0 0xc001f3c480 0xc001f3ce10 0xc001f3db00 0xc001fce240 0xc00026d650] Cx}
Year Published:  1983
Pages:  128pp     Dewey:  330.16
Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX6234

Hayter challenges the assumption that the West is 'helping' the rest of the world to develop. Far from rescuing the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America from their supposed backwardness, the rich countries have accumulated vast wealth at their expense.

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Survival
Extremes of Poverty and Wealth
Conventional Explanations for Poverty
This Past is Not Irrelevant
The Europeans Get Ahead
Plunder and Loot
Plantations, Works and Slaves
Profits
Markets and the Destruction of Industries
Free Trade and Comparative Advantage
Hunger
Workers and Wages
Terms of Trade
Exports of Capital
Aid
Industrialisation
Repression and Foreign Support For It
Resistance
Socialism or Barbarism
Bibliography

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